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Partos event

Risk management: Consultations on the new policy framework ‘Strengthening Civil Society’ by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

Recommendations for the ‘new policy framework’ (expected to be published around September 2024) have already been developed, which can be found in the Policy paper.  On February 8, Partos will organize consultations on four themes, to further specific recommendations that were too general and for which ideas have been sourced through the ‘Bright Ideas Contest’.

  • Date and time 8 February 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 CET
  • Where online
  • For whom Partos Members & international partners

What have we done already?

The current policy framework for strengthening civil society by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to conclude in 2025. Over the past years, Partos, in collaboration with its members and international experts, has collected insights and developed recommendations to make the new policy framework for 2026 and beyond more inclusive, flexible, and, above all, effective. These insights include:

  1. General consultation by Partos among its members on the policy framework (2023).
  2. Policy paper with concrete recommendations from the Partos Shift the Power Lab to make the policy framework more inclusive and flexible (2022/2023).
  3. Voices on Power – interviews with recommendations from the Partos Shift the Power Lab by Southern leaders (2023).
  4. Dreampaper from the Partos Shift the Power Lab highlighting key issues from the ‘Power of Voices’ policy framework (2021/2022)

Consultation on ‘risk management’

The consultations will cover on four themes widely supported by civil society and Southern partners: Agenda setting, Risk management, Accountability, Feminist PMEL. We will further specify the recommendations that were sourced from the ‘Bright Ideas Contest’.

This consultation will focus on ‘risk management’.

Come prepared

It’s important for participants to come prepared. Recommended materials:

  1. Policy paper with concrete recommendations from the Partos Shift the Power Lab to make the policy framework more inclusive and flexible (2022/2023).
  2. Voices on Power – interviews with recommendations from the Partos Shift the Power Lab by Southern leaders (2023).

In this video both the ‘policy paper’ and ‘voices on power’ report are being presented: Click here

Participation

Participation is open to those who meet the following criteria:

  • Partos member + Global South Representative (participants are invited to come in pairs to avoid overrepresentation risks)
  • Individual representatives from the Global South are also welcome to join by themselves

Register here: